With liberty and justice...

"Your honor, if it pleases the court, although my client
was observed performing a piscatorial act in a public park
lagoon in broad daylight on several different occasions
this past summer, and was caught engaging in philately
with two undergrad coeds in the main branch of the
public library, he is pleading not guilty to the charge of
throwing caution to the wind."

of such is poetry

of moonlit nights
and fancy's flights
and sun bathed days
and love's arrays
of journeys taken
or vows forsaken
and words that rhyme
and words that don't
and thoughts that inspire
or those that set some hearts afire
of writes that make you say,"oh yes i know it!"
or poems that make you say, "what?"
of this, and so much more, is poetry

Losing Control

she called me
a low rent
vile
ugly beast
a friend to none
or of her's at least
she thought i was
a thieving
conniving
vicious sort
she said
loving me was
no spectator sport
with increasing invective
she brought the heat
unable to stand
i took a seat
now i searched only
for prayers and hopes
for she really had me
against the ropes
with my hopes fading
i searched my soul
said sorry baby
and quietly surrendered
the remote control

Lightly

i saw the light
in the many, many skies
i saw the light
in many a child's eyes
i saw the light
in a morn's greet
i saw the light
when lovers meet
i saw the light
both day and night
i saw the light
when we did fight
i saw the light
when we did right

Just a thought!

If some idiot in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Iran,
burned 1,000,000 bibles,
wrapped in two million U. S. flags,
would the christian world,
or the United States of America,
threaten or harm Islam,
based solely on that fool's actions?

I never saw it coming

I said hi
She said bye
I said hey
She said no way
She said dutch
I said I'll pay
And so it went all day

I said black
She said white
She said day
I said night
She said stay
I took flight
And so it went all night

She said you're tardy
I said let's party
She acted hurt
I played the flirt
She began to cry
I ate more pie
Of course I say this tongue and cheek
And so it went all week

I ordered mine with the works
Hers was ordered plain
She said it was a sunny day
I said it looks like rain
I said we were quite a pair
She said she didn't care
So I took her for my wife
And thus it went all my life

i met a man

i met a man
we looked each other straight in the eye
who is this man;
why?

i met a man; each eye to eye
of fear and anger was this lost soul
no love could find this coldest heart
no apology sufficient for the offense
some words he voiced disturbed my ear
some ideas he embraced offended my mind
some deeds he'd done challenged my integrity
he, that can so readily hate and raise his voice so
uttering sharp words that can cut another in two
he, that can wish evil on others and embrace the big lies

i met a man; each eye to eye
of kindness and love was this fair soul
he that loved to laugh at self and life
with tears that flowed early and justly
of peace and quiet and honest smiles
of pained heart at the loss of friend or not
and to give without taking his heart's most desire
a friend in need must ask but once
a baby in his arms most close to the womb
and a stranger, really no stranger at all

i met a man
we looked each other straight in the eye
this image i see in the mirror;
it is i

What's good for the goose...

If Islam is just a religion, than burning the Koran would be like burning the Bible. Although disrespectful, tasteless and silly, not reason enough to spill human blood.

If Islam is much more than a religion, such as a life system, with political, legal, economic, social and military components, than burning the Koran would be more like burning the American flag or the U.S. Constitution. Maybe even burning the flag and bible together. This too is disrespectful, tasteless, and silly, but again, no reason to spill human blood.

I believe the person or persons doing the burning in any case , are showing disapproval or contempt for a philosophy and way of life.

I advocate burning nothing, but if burning any of the above is acceptable behavior, then burning all of the above should be acceptable behavior.

Hell Yes

as i flew high above route 666
i knew the evil one had been up to her tricks
good people, indeed were dying
the meek and the weak
couldn't stop crying
and the strong and the wrong
had been smiling and lying

there were signs of decay
from the fallen big apple
to the peoples republic by the bay
from the windful city with big shoulder pads
to old orleans washed away
from northwest monsoon madness
to dade's north bay

physical decay is not the issue
whereby we meet this day
it's the loss of common sense and courtesy
and the big lies that pave the way
it's the saying,
by those with the biggest dogs in the fight
that day is night
that black is white
and last but not least;
good God almighty,
that wrong is actually right

Much Ado...

sometimes my best isn't too damned good
i guess it's actually real close to nothing
but it is still a little bit of something
though not much; nothing at all
well it is something er, sort of
tho' not so much in reality
hardly anything i guess
just a little actually
a wee bit i spose'
nothing really
well except
i'm sorry
and i do
totally
mean
i am
:-0)

Hey Stasche...

"Does the U.S. Constitution allow for the building of an Islamic center 600' from Ground Zero?"

"Ya shuer Ole."

"Well Stasche, is the building of a mosque at that location something distasteful, disrespectful and hurtful to millions of people in the U.S.of A. and around the world?"

"Oh, ya shuer Ole."

"Does the U.S. Constitution allow for the burning of the Koran by some Idiot in florida, Stasche?"

"Ya shuer Ole."

"Well Stasche, is the burning of the Koran by some moron in Florida something distasteful, disrespectful and hurtful to millions of people in the U.S.of A. and around the world?"

"Oh, ya shuer Ole."

"Stasche, I wonder why the President of the United States is for constitutional rights where the Muslim mosque is concerned and against constitutional rights where the American minister in Florida is concerned."

The Rest Of The Story

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...which according to federal prosecutors
contained several tons of Acapulco Gold marijuana, with an estimated
street value in excess of the U. S. national debt. Details are sketchy at this hour as the investigation is ongoing.
Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, reached at his local H & R Block office said,"not only is this the largest drug bust in U.S. history, but our economic problems seem to be solved as well". White house officials when pressed for a comment, merely said they hadn't read it yet.

In an unrelated story, there was an old woman who lived in a shoe and had so many kids that she reportedly received in excess of $1,000,000 in entitlements over the past decade. All attempts by our staff to interview the woman were unsuccessful as we couldn't catch up to her Lamborghini Murcielago sports car.

And finally, Jack Sprat could eat no fat and his wife could eat no lean, so after more than 30 years of marriage, the couple has decided to call it quits. A spokesperson for Jack said that he has left the country as all we eat here is fat.